Chinese censors are apparently scrubbing citizens’ online views that diverge from Beijing’s official line concerning Prime ...

FUKUI—Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto, the subject of an intensive sexual harassment investigation, announced on Nov. 25 that ...

OTSU—A nearly intact pottery vessel believed to be over 10,000 years old was discovered near the Tsuzuraozaki underwater ...

OITA—A “fire whirl” was observed in the deadly conflagration that has devastated the Saganoseki district of Oita city.

SEOUL--A 33-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for running an online blackmail ring that ...

Japan on Tuesday launched a scheme aimed at cutting wasteful government spending by reviewing existing subsidy projects and ...

A car struck about 10 people in Tokyo on Monday, seriously injuring two of them, and the driver was arrested after fleeing ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan Premier Cho Jung-tai said on Tuesday that a “return” to China is not an option for the island’s 23 million ...

BEIJING--China called Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on an island near Taiwan a deliberate attempt to “create regional ...

KYOTO--Autumn foliage is at its glorious peak at Kiyomizudera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, where visitors can marvel ...

FUKUOKA—Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki continued his rapid and inspiring rise to the upper echelons of the sport by capturing ...

While riot police officers are authorized to shoot bears to combat an alarming rise in bear-related injuries and deaths ...